Purchase track at https://disconnectica.bandcamp.com/track/thought-bubble

Official music video: https://youtu.be/mHMNJCS39T4

Thought Bubble is one of my most experimental tracks, and the second single from my upcoming debut album Eclectic Dystopia. It delves into the power of imagination and the allure of escapism. A person lost in their thoughts, creating an idyllic world to enshrine the object of their desire, leaving reality behind. Till it all comes crashing down.

I came up with the verse and chorus separately, then realised they belonged together. The climactic ending was added later to develop the theme and bring it to a conclusion. I often write from another character's perspective, and here it's a character with a lot of hubris. I like the idea of an obscure artist singing “Don't you know who I am?”

The vocals are cryptic and menacing, and the accelerating 7/8 beat gives the feeling of always falling forward. A sparse arrangement at the start builds gradually to a cataclysmic finale. There are shades of Radiohead, Bowie and Nine Inch Nails. The music video received a Special Mention Laurel from the United Kingdom Music Video Festival 2023.

In this 6th version I added some realistic drums in the last section to add energy, from 2:48.

Lyrics:

Don't you know who I am?
Don't you know who I am?
I'm really something 'round these parts
These particular parts

I got you inside my thought bubble
I got you inside my thought bubble
Where we can be together
Leave the weather behind
Where we can be together
Never looking behind

Don't you recognise me?
Don't you recognise me?
You may have seen me on TV
This particular TV

I got you inside my thought bubble
I got you inside my thought bubble
Where we can be together
Leave the weather behind
Where we can be together
Never looking behind

When I close my eyes
I am king of all I see
I built this kingdom for you
This particular you / This version of you

I got you inside my thought bubble
I got you inside my thought bubble
Where we can be together
Leave the weather outside
Where we can be together
Never looking outside

All my thoughts play out in a
Cloud above my head
Got my head in the clouds
And I got clouds in my head

I upload my thoughts to a
Cloud above my head
Got my head in the clouds
And I got clouds in my head

The bubble will burst
The cloud will explode
The rain will come down
With all we upload

Thought Bubble [version 6 - OLD]

Purchase track at https://disconnectica.bandcamp.com/track/thought-bubble

Official music video: https://youtu.be/mHMNJCS39T4

Thought Bubble is one of my most experimental tracks, and the second single from my upcoming debut album Eclectic Dystopia. It delves into the power of imagination and the allure of escapism. A person lost in their thoughts, creating an idyllic world to enshrine the object of their desire, leaving reality behind. Till it all comes crashing down.

I came up with the verse and chorus separately, then realised they belonged together. The climactic ending was added later to develop the theme and bring it to a conclusion. I often write from another character's perspective, and here it's a character with a lot of hubris. I like the idea of an obscure artist singing “Don't you know who I am?”

The vocals are cryptic and menacing, and the accelerating 7/8 beat gives the feeling of always falling forward. A sparse arrangement at the start builds gradually to a cataclysmic finale. There are shades of Radiohead, Bowie and Nine Inch Nails. The music video received a Special Mention Laurel from the United Kingdom Music Video Festival 2023.

Lyrics:

Don't you know who I am?
Don't you know who I am?
I'm really something 'round these parts
These particular parts

I got you inside my thought bubble
I got you inside my thought bubble
Where we can be together
Leave the weather behind
Where we can be together
Never looking behind

Don't you recognise me?
Don't you recognise me?
You may have seen me on TV
This particular TV

I got you inside my thought bubble
I got you inside my thought bubble
Where we can be together
Leave the weather behind
Where we can be together
Never looking behind

When I close my eyes
I am king of all I see
I built this kingdom for you
This particular you / This version of you

I got you inside my thought bubble
I got you inside my thought bubble
Where we can be together
Leave the weather outside
Where we can be together
Never looking outside

All my thoughts play out in a
Cloud above my head
Got my head in the clouds
And I got clouds in my head

I upload my thoughts to a
Cloud above my head
Got my head in the clouds
And I got clouds in my head

The bubble will burst
The cloud will explode
The rain will bring down
The thoughts we upload

The bubble will burst
The cloud will explode
The rain will bring down
The thoughts we upload

The bub ... burst
... cloud ... plode
... rain ... down
... thought ... load

...bub...
...cloud...
...rain...
...thought...

Thought Bubble

Thought Bubble [version 7, official release!]

above, below

planespotting

bounded by love

visions of the end

Visions of the end

@panoram makes soundtracks for daydreams gone sideways. Picture the scene: an afternoon nap with the television on, quietly, in the corner; snatches of conversation drift in through the open window. Wandering, half-formed thoughts take unexpected detours; before you know it, there’s a movie playing out against closed lids, the colors bright, the characters unfamiliar. Accidental rhythms, incidental melodies, imitations of life, messages in code. 

Across 17 fragmentary, sketch-like tracks, Panoram carves a labyrinthine path in which nothing is what it seems: a fantasy world of breathy vox pads, faux guitar, detuned synths, bursts of flute and orchestral percussion, and even the occasional cheeky cartoon sample. It’s chillout music with a chilly edge, ambient with a darkly ironic undertone. (The briefest glance at your news outlet of choice should be enough to confirm that the title—Great Times—ought to be taken with a healthy dose of skepticism.) 

Panoram has been making music under his principal alias for more than a decade now, releasing albums on labels like Firecracker, Running Back, and his own Wandering Eye. (He has also performed and recorded with Amen Dunes, and has co-production credits on Amen Dunes’ forthcoming Sub Pop album Death Jokes.) Panoram’s output has ranged widely, taking in abstract pop, classical composition, twisted takes on library music, and cyborg funk. One record of “bio-acoustic transmissions” came with a cannabis leaf pressed in clear wax; his 2021 album Pianosequenza Vol. 1 gathers his experiments on the Yamaha Disklavier. But Great Times offers the truest picture yet of a project that has never been easy to pin down. 

Loath to overshare details about his personal life, Panoram instead lets the music do the talking, using his cryptic tracks to express the slipperiest sorts of ideas—the thoughts that take root where anxiety, distraction, and the most fleeting traces of grace commingle. Panoram’s approach flies in the face of contemporary ambient orthodoxy, with its emphasis on immersion and uplift. Great Times expresses something thornier, more difficult to translate, yet also more tantalizing to contend with. Its 17 tracks offer a chance to get lost—and an invitation to remain in the maze as long as you like.

All tracks written & produced by Raffaele Martirani. 
Recorded at 199X Studios except "Middle Class Love (Blood Tests)" recorded at Acme Smoked, Brooklyn, NY. 
This record is dedicated to Rowan B. James. 
Mastered by Pedro Pina. 
Cover artwork by José Quintanar. 
Designed by Basora. 
BALMAT10. 
www.balmat.cat 
©️ & ℗ 2024 Balmat

Great Times

Panoram - Cameos // Great Times [BALMAT10]

Stay With Me

Our first real collab with more to come, I hope you enjoy this one as much as we enjoyed making it.

@nlwlfkd

Abstract Trees

I like your style

https://linktr.ee/00TEMPTATION

Upcoming artist 
Day by day
My dreams become more of reality 
Soon
“Lead with love not fear”🧿
777

Welcome from Melbourne, Australia!  I recommend going to my playlists, as the track list is a bit of a mess.  I'm mostly focusing now on alternative rock/pop vocal tracks, but have a wide variety of genres.

Influences include Radiohead, The Beatles, Mike Oldfield, Silverchair, Pink Floyd, Grimes, White Stripes, Blur, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Throwing Muses, The Breeders, R.E.M., EMF, Talking Heads, David Byrne, David Bowie, Philip Glass, The Clouds, Beck, Queen, Godley & Creme, They Might Be Giants, Scott Joplin, and somehow the Coen Brothers!

Balmat is a label with a cloudy outline.

Jointly shepherded by Albert Salinas (@wooky) and Philip Sherburne (@psherburne), two friends living in Cardedeu, Catalonia, and on the Balearic island of Menorca.

Bookings: mario@lapsusagency.com

New tracks tagged #Abstract Pop